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# pant

«pant» in Mova's school dictionary: **to breathe fast and loudly with your mouth open, because…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (pant, pants, panted, panting); noun (a pant, pants — a quick breath); adjective (pant, in «pant leg», US)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To pant is to breathe fast and loudly with your mouth open, because you are hot, tired or excited. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#m1)

2) A pant is one quick, short breath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#m2)

3) (old or literary) To pant for something is to want it very much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#m3)

4) (US) «Pant» is used before another noun to mean trousers, as in «pant leg»; see also «pants». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and PE it describes what happens after running: the body needs more oxygen, so you pant. Dogs pant to cool down because they cannot sweat much. In stories panting shows a character has been running or is scared. Phrases: «pant for breath», «huffing and panting», «panting dog».

### examples

- After the race I was panting and red in the face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#x1)
- The dog lay in the shade, panting with its tongue out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#x2)
- Dogs pant to cool down on hot days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#x3)
- She ran up the stairs and arrived panting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#x4)
- We could hear the wolf panting outside the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#x5)
- In PE we counted our breaths while we panted after sprinting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#x6)
- He rolled up his pant leg to show the scratch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#x7)
- ‘Here it is,’ he panted, rather out of breath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/#x8)

### note

Past: panted. Do not mix up with «pants»: in the UK pants are underwear; in the US and Canada pants are trousers. «Pant» as one breath is less common. A panting dog on a very hot day may need water and shade quickly.

### In the corpora

- [Dogs hardly sweat, so they cool down by panting, which dries their wet tongue and mouth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/25-keeping-warm-and-keeping-cool/12/)
- [As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.690/)
- [I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for Thy commandments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2296/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.